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On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:23:06AM +1000, David Gillies wrote:
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> Does anyone out there have any recommendations for Linux friendly flash
> mp3 players?
I can recommend the omni music-stick which is basically just a USB
pen drive stick with space for a single AAA cell and a headphone socket.
It has a little screen where it tells you the name of the song playing
and it will even scroll the lyrics if you have the right files.
For linux is just looks like a MSDOS partition, you can use the mtools
package to read and write, standard USB mass-storage.
The one thing I will complain about is that my unit wasn't as robust
as I had hoped, a shock or bump can reboot the unit and the headphone
socket isn't a positive lock so you can get some scratch and crackle
from a bad connection if your headphone cord pulls. Also, it does not
have any removable media and has developed a few bad sectors. I'd be
a lot happier with something that uses compact flash or some sort of
removable media. Mind you there have been heaps of reports that Apple
iPods tend to fall apart as soon as you look at them
> And any that have .ogg support would be a major bonus.
ogg support is pretty rare. I'm waiting for the Linux smart phones
to start being available in Australia the I plan to use the phone as an
MP3 player and upload ogg support to the phone if necessary. I'm
carrying too many gadgets around as it is so with a Linux phone I
can roll everything together into a single object -- data storage,
phone, database, organiser, music, communications, etc.
The Motorola A780 looks tempting but I would still expect an expensive
item to have removable flash and as far as I can tell the A780 does not
so backup becomes more tedious and if you get a bad sector the
whole item becomes junk. How hard can it be to design decent gear?
The ideal item for me would be a linux phone with a high quality
stereo headset connection, a black-and-white non-backlit LCD
and a compact flash socket. Using ordinary AAA rechargable cells
would also be an excellent choice. If someone knows a factory in China
then I'll design them the ultimate "volkswagen" phone.
- Tel
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